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Sunday, June 21, 2015

CZ-2E Chang Zheng (Long March)

Here are some images of Dragon Models 1/48 scale Chang Zheng (Long March) CZ-2E carrier rocket. From Wikipedia " The
Long March 2E made its maiden flight on 16 July 1990 and made 7
launches in total. The first failed launch occurred on 21 December 1992,
during the launch of the original Optus B2. Windshear caused the
payload fairing to implode 45 seconds into flight. Despite this, the
rocket continued on to orbit, and deployed what was left of the upper
stage and payload into a low Earth orbit The second failure occurred on
25 January 1995, during the launch of Apstar 2.
Again, windshear led to the collapse of the payload fairing, however on
this occasion, the rocket exploded. Debris fell on a nearby village
killing a number of residents.